Four men in a van roll into a rough neighborhood along 28th Street, looking for a teenager. The file lists a name, Juaquin Ramirez, his age, 16, his history and an address. Juaquin doesn’t know they’re coming. If he did, he’d be gone.
When a 6,500-pound slab of iron that used to be part of the World Trade Center went on display Thursday at the Fremont Street Experience, it wasn’t an entirely somber event.
Alyssa Otremba wasn’t the kind of girl to just disappear. The 15-year-old kept in constant contact with her mom. The evening she vanished was no different.
COVER STORY: Local home values have dropped since the housing bubble burst, but the cost to insure those homes hasn’t. The reason, observers say, is that home values aren’t key factors in setting coverage costs.